Thanks to Brain Chip, Paralyzed Man Regains Realistic Touch in the Hand (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Thanks to Brain Chip, Paralyzed Man Regains Realistic Touch in the Hand (1 of 1)

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Researcher Rob Gaunt prepares Nathan Copeland for brain computer interface sensory test. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 12 October 2016, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.N. Flesher at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, and colleagues was titled, "Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex."

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